Former Nederland baseball/football player Moshier to sign with Rays

Former Nederland High School baseball player Alex Moshier, who played in college at Stephen F. Austin, signed a free agent contract with the Tampa Rays on Friday.
Mosier reports to the Gulf Coast League on Thursday.
Moshier, a right-handed pitcher who was SFA’s closer, said the call came as a surprise because the Rays were not one of the team that had contacted him before the draft.
After not getting drafted in the MLB draft, which concluded Wednesday, Moshier was planning to play in an independent league if a Major League team didn’t sign him.
Moshier had a 2.19 earned run average with nine saves and 34 strikeouts in 37 innings of work.
He said the Rays plan to use him as a two-inning reliever.
“It kind of came out of the blue but I’m excited; they’re a great organization,” Moshier said. “They liked my mentality, athletic ability. I’m going to do my best and hopefully make it up to the big leagues someday.”
Moshier was a quarterback for the football team at Nederland High School. He graduated from SFA with a degree in kinesiology.